Find Satisfaction by Setting a Schedule
By Jenny Giesbrecht, IPHE In a time where all you have is time – do you ever feel like you wasted the day? Although our routines have been thrown out …
Handling Student Stress During a Pandemic
By Carla Falkevitch, PHEc We all feel stress, anxiety, fear, and loneliness during this time. The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the consequences of Covid-19 and the effects …
How to parent through a pandemic and work from home
By Diana Mager, PHEc Are your mini-coworkers challenging your work day schedule? Learning how to negotiate work time and space with your partner in a makeshift home office? Feeling like …
Kids and Teens Can Prep Meals Too!
By Tressa Alexiuk, PHEcWhile those not dealing with the very worst of the global COVID-19 outbreak are fortunate, everyone is affected to some degree by the stresses of adaptation and …
What is a teen clinic?
By Kendra Monk, IPHE/Interim Professional Home Economist “Hello! My name is Kendra, and I am a teen clinic counsellor. Have you ever been to a teen clinic before?” This is …
Snowmobiling Safety Message From Manitoba Hydro
While snowmobilers expect the unexpected, they can help protect themselves from serious injury Long-time snowmobiler Joe Thievin knows that even if you’re riding with care, the unexpected can happen. “I …
Families Who Eat Together
Updated in July 2015 by the Manitoba Association of Home Economists Are family meals a thing of the past? Are we missing an important event as we rush out to …
Sharing Cooking with the Ones You Love
In honour of family month on the Home & Family blog here is MAHE Board Member Darren Fife and his grandmother preparing Veggie Pasta Shells. Bon appetit! Darren Fife …
What I Learnt From My Grandma
I’ve blogged before about spending time in the kitchen with my grandma but I’m going to do it again because I love it that much. I was fortunate enough to …
Feeding our Fine Feathered Friends
This is a great activity for kids during these never-ending days of winter. This post first appeared on the HomeFamily blog in January, 2012. By Nancy Schneider, Professional Home Economist …